Dr. Blaine Sanford

Dr. Sanford graduated from Onsted High School in 2000. He continued his education at MSU where he received a Bachelor's degree and Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 2007. Dr. Sanford has been with our team at Clinton Trail Animal Hospital since July 2008 and went on to purchase the clinic in July 2011. He and his family love spending time on their farm with their chocolate lab, three horses, cat, and chickens.

Dr. Sue ​Griffes

Dr. Sue graduated with her Doctorate from Michigan State University in 1987. She has been practicing holistic medicine since 2009, utilizing whole food supplements, Western and Chinese herbs, and more. She started working at Clinton Trail in December 2017.

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Evelyn Sanford, Office Manager

Evelyn has been a part of the Clinton Trail family since July 2011 and has two Associates degrees. In 1977 she attended WCC for Dental Assisting and then more recently in 2011 she attended Jackson College to study sonography. She enjoys spending time with her two cats, Junior and Domino, and working in her vegetable garden.

Jessica Smith,
​LVT

Jessica attended the Bel Rea Institute of Animal Technology from 1998 to 2000 and joined our team in August 2015. She has always had a love of animals and has worked in both emergency and general veterinary medicine settings. She likes spending her free time with her dog and cat.

Samanths Collins, LVT

Samantha earned her bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University in the summer of 2011. She enjoys spending time with her dog, Trixie, and her two cats, Sage and Copper. When she is not working, Sam likes to read and play volleyball.

Warren Miller,
​Vet Assistant

Warren joined the Clinton Trail family in April of 2016. He graduated from Onsted High School in 2011 and attended Jackson College for a short time, focusing on computer networking. He loves working with animals and in his free time if he is not spending time with his wife and their two dogs and cat, he is out fishing.

Sam Dermyer,
Vet Assistant

Sam has worked as a vet assistant for 18 years. She grew up with lots of farm animals and loves working with and caring for other people’s pets. She and her husband have two dogs, Chance and Duke, along with two children, whom she loves spending time with.

Pam Crowther,
Vet Assistant

Pam has been a valuable member of the Clinton Trail Animal Hospital team since April of 1992. Born and raised in Jackson, she graduated from Northwest High School in 1972. She has many four-legged kids, a Husky named Nick and six cats, Max, Hector, Charlie, Edie, Tula, and Sheldon.

Aryel Grace, 
Vet Assistant

Aryel graduated from Michigan Center in 2016 and received her vet assistant certification in 2017. She and her husband have a dog, Dutchess, and a pig, Cash. She is also attending Baker for their Vet Tech Program.

Kylee Sauceda​,
​Vet Assistant

​Taylor Laimon, Vet Assistant

Maria, 
​Vet Assistant

Connie Gibson, 
Office Assistant

Connie has been a part of our team since May 2007. She graduated from Vandercook Lake High School in 1996 and went on to attend the Jackson Area Career Center. Connie loves working with people and being able to help the next pet in need. She enjoys spending time with her family and her two dachshunds.

Elaine Mandreger, 
Office Assistant

Elaine recently joined the CTAH staff in August 2018. She graduated from Northwest High School and received her Associates in Business from Jackson College. She and her husband are currently owned by their two beloved Scottie Dogs. Elaine enjoys helping improve the health of our clients’ four legged family members.

Gerald Sanford, Grounds Manager

Katelynn Miller, Media Specialist

Gerald has been a part of our team at CTAH since August of 2011. He graduated from Whitmore Lake High School and attended Heritage College & Theological Seminary for some time. Gerald says, "My wife has cats, and I love my wife"

Katelynn first started at CTAH in July of 2016 as an office assistant. She graduated from Spring Arbor University with her masters in Counseling in 2017. She went on to pursue her career in the mental health field and is also working as our Media Specialist. She and her husband have two dogs and a cat.